Somebody call Lamont Williams! It seems that "Women's Voices, Women's Votes" is screwing around again.
This time, it's West Virginia.
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Friday May 9, 2008
Secretary of State says mass mailing has caused confusion
The Secretary of State's office is reminding first-time voters that the deadline to register to vote in Tuesday's primary already has passed.
Betty Ireland said she's worried that a mass mailing aimed at getting young women in West Virginia to register to vote might cause confusion.
A group called "Women's Voices. Women Vote" sent out more than 16,000 mailers to unmarried women in the state after April 22, the last day to register in time to vote Tuesday.
People who've never voted can still register, but they won't be eligible to cast a ballot in the primary.
Page Gardner, president of the women's organization, said in a letter that:
"West Virginia residents will receive this mail after the deadline for registering to vote to participate in the upcoming primary election. Please be aware that the mailing is not intended to encourage registration specifically for the primary, but simply to encourage voter registration in general.
The mailing clearly indicates that the deadline to register to vote by mail for a particular election in West Virginia is 20 days before the election ... We hope that this unfortunate coincidence in timing does not lead to any confusion or aggravation for either your state's voters or registrars."
Ireland's office said it received a batch of voter registration forms as a result of the group's mass mailing, and many of them were from people already registered.
What in the name of God is wrong with these people? They go from state to state confusing the hell out of people, then move on and do the same damned thing.
I don't trust people who cause this much havoc, no matter how noble their stated intentions are. Even if they've done some good in the past -- and people I respect tell me they have -- is it possible that the organization has just fallen into bad hands?
I honestly have no idea what they're up to. Is it just stupidity, or something more nefarious? In any case -- holy crap, what does it take to get through to them? They're a traveling clown show, leaving confused and frustrated people in every state they move into. It's very hard not to be suspicious of such people.
As someone the other day in a WVWV diary, in response to me saying "something is fishy"...(and I'm paraphrasing)..."It's not fishy. It's FISH."
And while we're at it: who is Lamont Williams, please?